The Ideas That Made America: A Brief History: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Ideas That Made America: A Brief History runs 7.7 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Karen White (about 5.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
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Based on 7.7 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
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| 30 min / day | 16 days |
| 1 hour / day | 8 days |
| 2 hours / day | 4 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 6 days |
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What our data says
- At 7.7 hours, it is shorter than 62% of the 8,990 Current Affairs, Law, & Politics audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Karen White
Karen White narrates 335 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 3,336 hours in all.
About as long, on the Current Affairs, Law, & Politics shelf
1,302 Current Affairs, Law, & Politics audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
Computed from 409,794 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read November 3, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.
About this listen
The Ideas That Made America: A Brief History is an audiobook by Jennifer Ratner-Rosenhagen: a 7.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Karen White, released April 1, 2019, on the Current Affairs, Law, & Politics and World shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 7.7 hrs
- Narrated by
- Karen White
- Released
- April 1, 2019
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Current Affairs, Law, & Politics, World, Lessons in Philosophy
- ISBN
- 9781977342775
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Ideas That Made America: A Brief History as an audiobook?
The Ideas That Made America: A Brief History runs 7.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.1 hours.
Is The Ideas That Made America: A Brief History free as an audiobook?
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Who narrates The Ideas That Made America: A Brief History?
The Ideas That Made America: A Brief History is narrated by Karen White.